Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres
| Men's 400 metres at the Games of the IX Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Dates | August 2 (heats, quarter-finals) August 3 (semi-finals, final) | |||||||||
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| Competitors | 50 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 47.8 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | |||
| 400 m | men | |||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| 5000 m | men | |||
| 10,000 m | men | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | |||
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |||
| 4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4×400 m relay | men | |||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | |||
| Triple jump | men | |||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | |||
| Shot put | men | |||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | |||
| Hammer throw | men | |||
| Combined events | ||||
| Decathlon | men | |||
These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
Results
Round One
The top two finshers in each of the 15 heats advanced to Round Two.
Heat One
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermon Phillips |  United States | 49.4 s | 
| 2 | Georges Dupont |  France | |
| 3 | Zygmunt Wiess |  Poland | 50.8 s | 
| 4 | Rinus van den Berge |  Netherlands | |
| 5 | Víctor Villaseñor | .svg.png) Mexico | 
Heat Two
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Euil Snider |  United States | 50.4 s | 
| 2 | François Prinsen | .svg.png) Belgium | 
Heat Three
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Edwards |  Canada | 49.8 s | 
| 2 | Georges Krotoff |  France | 50.5 s | 
| 3 | Jaroslav Vykoupil |  Czechoslovakia | |
| 4 | Stefan Kostrzewski |  Poland | 52.2 s | 
Heat Four
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Rinkel |  Great Britain | 50.2 s | 
| 2 | Johann Bartl |  Czechoslovakia | |
| 3 | Émile Langenraedt | .svg.png) Belgium | |
| 4 | Feliks Zuber |  Poland | 52.6 s | 
Heat Five
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jochen Büchner | .svg.png) Germany | 50.2 s | 
| 2 | Andries Hoogerwerf |  Netherlands | 
Heat Six
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Barbuti |  United States | 49.8 s | 
| 2 | Sean Lavan |  Ireland | |
| 3 | Louis Lundgren |  Denmark | |
| 4 | Jeno Szalay |  Hungary | |
| 5 | Rudolfo Hannig |  Chile | 
Heat Seven
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Storz | .svg.png) Germany | 50.6 s | 
| 2 | Harry Broos |  Netherlands | |
| 3 | Joaquín Miquel | .svg.png) Spain | 
Heat Eight
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Ball |  Canada | 55.8 s | 
| 2 | Roger Leigh-Wood |  Great Britain | 
Heat Nine
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesús Moraila | .svg.png) Mexico | 1 m (60 s) | 
| 2 | James Hall |  India | 
Heat Ten
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | László Barsi |  Hungary | 55.6 s | 
| 2 | José Lucílo Iturbe | .svg.png) Mexico | 
Heat Eleven
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Tierney |  United States | 49.8 s | 
| 2 | Alex Wilson |  Canada | 49.9 s | 
| 3 | Klemens Biniakowski |  Poland | 50.8 s | 
Heat Twelve
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | René Féger |  France | 51.4 s | 
| 2 | Billy Green |  Great Britain | |
| 3 | José Vicente Salinas |  Chile | 
Heat Thirteen
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann Geißler |  Austria | 50.2 s | 
| 2 | Adje Paulen |  Netherlands | |
| 3 | László Magdics |  Hungary | |
| 4 | Vasilios Stavrinos | .svg.png) Greece | |
| 5 | Fritz Eyschen |  Luxembourg | 
Heat Fourteen
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Otto Neumann | .svg.png) Germany | 50.6 s | 
| 2 | Fred Macbeth |  Canada | |
| 3 | Charles Stuart |  Australia | |
| 4 | Mór Gero |  Hungary | 
Heat Fifteen
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reinhold Schmidt | .svg.png) Germany | 50.0 s | 
| 2 | Joseph Jackson |  France | 50.6 s | 
| 3 | John Hanlon |  Great Britain | |
| 4 | Alfonso García | .svg.png) Mexico | 
Round Two
The first two finishers in each of the six heats advanced to the Semifinal Round.
Heat One
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermon Phillips |  United States | 49.6 s | 
| 2 | Georges Krotoff |  France | |
| 3 | Billy Green |  Great Britain | |
| 4 | Reinhold Schmidt | .svg.png) Germany | |
| 5 | James Hall |  India | 
Heat Two
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ray Barbuti |  United States | 48.8 s | 
| 2 | Alex Wilson |  Canada | |
| 3 | Otto Neumann | .svg.png) Germany | |
| 4 | Georges Dupont |  France | |
| 5 | Jesús Moraila | .svg.png) Mexico | 
Heat Three
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Ball |  Canada | 49.2 s | 
| 2 | René Féger |  France | |
| 3 | Euil Snider |  United States | |
| 4 | Andries Hoogerwerf |  Netherlands | |
| 5 | Hermann Geißler |  Austria | 
Heat Four
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Storz | .svg.png) Germany | 49.4 s | 
| 2 | John Rinkel |  Great Britain | |
| 3 | Joseph Jackson |  France | |
| 4 | François Prinsen | .svg.png) Belgium | |
| 5 | José Lucílo Iturbe | .svg.png) Mexico | 
Heat Five
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Edwards |  Canada | 49.2 s | 
| 2 | Harry Broos |  Netherlands | |
| 3 | Johann Bartl |  Czechoslovakia | |
| 4 | Joe Tierney |  United States | |
| 5 | Sean Lavan |  Ireland | 
Heat Six
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joachim Büchner | .svg.png) Germany | 48.6 s | 
| 2 | László Barsi |  Hungary | |
| 3 | Roger Leigh-Wood |  Great Britain | |
| 4 | Adje Paulen |  Netherlands | |
| 5 | Fred Macbeth |  Canada | 
Semi-Final
The first three finishers in each of the two heats advanced to the Final Round.
Heat One
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Ball |  Canada | 48.6 s | 
| 2 | Ray Barbuti |  United States | 48.8 s | 
| 3 | Harry Werner Storz | .svg.png) Germany | 49.0 s | 
| 4 | László Barsi |  Hungary | 49.2 s | 
| 5 | Harry Broos |  Netherlands | 49.9 s | 
| 6 | Georges Krotoff |  France | 
Heat Two
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joachim Büchner | .svg.png) Germany | 48.6 s | 
| 2 | Hermon Phillips |  United States | 49.1 s | 
| 3 | John Rinkel |  Great Britain | 49.1 s | 
| 4 | Alex Wilson |  Canada | 49.2 s | 
| 5 | René Féger |  France | 49.6 s | 
| 6 | Phil Edwards |  Canada | 50.2 s | 
Final
| Place | Athlete | Time | 
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ray Barbuti (USA) | 47.8s | 
| 2 |  James Ball (CAN) | 48.0s | 
| 3 | .svg.png) Joachim Buchner (GER) | 48.2s | 
| 4 |  John Rinkel (GBR) | 48.4s | 
| 5 | .svg.png) Harry Werner Storz (GER) | 48.8s | 
| 6 |  Hermon Phillips (USA) | 49.0s | 
References
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